--- title: There was a door in front of them, and beside it stood a Cum-pah-whi… — The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo I… · tree and pragmatics description: There was a door in front of them, and beside it stood a Cum-pah-whit-lah-wíd-deh (guard), who said to Agostin--for the little bird had disappeared: Who acts: door, wíd deh, little bird. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (door, wíd deh, little bird), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg77804:23:58 # text = There was a door in front of them, and beside it stood a Cum-pah-whit-lah-wíd-deh (guard), who said to Agostin--for the little bird had disappeared: 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 beside beside ADP IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 Cum cum NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 pah pah NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 whit whit NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 lah lah NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 wíd wíd NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 deh deh NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 26 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Agostin Agostin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 disappeared disappear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | a door | | | front of words; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location | | 2 | **stand** | past | door | a Cum pah and whit | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pah=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wíd deh | | Agostin | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to agostin=Recipient | | 4 | **disappear** | past · perfect | the little bird | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The man who married the moon, and other Pueblo Indian folk-stories» by Charles Fletcher Lummis, Project Gutenberg book 77804 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/59/) - ↑ back to [The Drowning of Pecos](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77804/23/)